The Mets have had an eventful off-season under new owner Steve Cohen, adding one dynamic star, several other solid players and subtracting one disgraced general manager. But their hopes of strutting into spring training as the undisputed winner of the winter will not happen after their final big prize slipped away.
Trevor Bauer, the best free-agent pitcher on the free agent market, turned down an offer from the Mets to sign with his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in a deal that will give the Dodgers, the defending World Series champion, one of the deepest starting pitcher rotations in baseball.